The Word Eunuch Came To Be Used Mainly For The Royal Position & Not For The Gender

The word eunuch came to be used primarily for the royal position rather than for gender. It is not correct to delineate it from a biological condition to defining it. Yes, for the position of the eunuch, those people who were not considered fully male at that time were chosen so that if they performed duties in the palace, they could not have secret sexual relations with the women of the royal family.

Despite this, the women of the royal family continued to have clandestine sexual relations. No one ever felt the need to keep such a guard on the men of the royal family. All the maids and slaves in the palace were within their reach. And the best gifts were also considered to be concubines and slaves. It is also present in the chronicles along with the evidence of which kings and what kind of relationship the various kingdoms had with these slaves.

In Urdu, “hejira” has been used for those persons who, despite having a male body, cannot perform male sexual acts or their genitals are not complete, and it has always been used as a slur because we here The only characteristics of being a man are considered so. While on medical grounds male or female is not determined only on the basis of the function of his sexual organs.

Another word used in Urdu is Mukhnis, which is mainly used for people who have both male and female characteristics. In English, the word hermaphroditism is used for this condition. Such individuals have both functional sex organs and the number of such individuals is very small. References in the chronicles show that many other medical sex conditions have also been called asexuals.

All these words are used interchangeably in Urdu. Now a separate category has been made for them, while the term “hijra” is used only for zinkha or khusra and they are also called eunuchs. You can pick up any dictionary for comfort. At the same time, the historical origin of these words must also be seen. Most of the dictionaries also have the interpretation of these words that one who is not a full male. Which is a pretty bad interpretation.

A girl born with an incomplete reproductive system, going through a psychotic transition, or having some other gender identity problem has never been considered significant, so you will hardly find words that refer to such problems of a born girl. are used for.

Now Comes The Problem of Who Among Them Are Transgender

Transgender is none of them and all of them. That is, the term transgender is relatively new to identify a large group of people undergoing any psychological or medical gender and sexual transition. There are no nefarious intentions behind this term, but the word transsexual was first used in a pejorative way (because men in Western countries are also very sensitive to the false standard of masculinity and what they think of as transsexual). If not excellent in sexual performance, he is considered disgraceful) and was eventually reviled.

Just like a eunuch is a eunuch or the measles is not made. Hence, a term was introduced that could better represent a class at the social level. It should be noted that even in western countries, these people are constantly struggling for their identity and rights and are facing hatred and violence. Taking the example of Western countries, the confusion here is that there is simultaneously a large gender identity and orientation group working together.

While in Pakistan, there is absolutely no discussion on the trending aspect, it is only a matter of identity. Because here we already have a crime of having a relationship other than a heterosexual relationship.
Anyone who suspects this information can search the internet. What people with these conditions were called before and when and why did the term changed.

For example, you have heard the name of a mental illness called hysteria. We no longer call it hysteria but conversion disorder because hysteria is not an accurate representation of the full extent of this psychological problem. Similarly, differently abled people are now used for disabled people. The term intellectually challenged is used for mentally retarded. All these terms are replaced by words that better describe the qualities of the people concerned.

Now let’s understand the truth with a practical example.

A eunuch woman (who is born male) tries to marry a man. Nikah Nama is filled for registration. This bill does not apply to the marriage certificate, so there can be only two genders of the bride and groom, nor can there be two brides at the same time, nor two brides, nor one bride and one eunuch.

If a transgender woman fills the marriage certificate as a man, her gender will not match with her identity card and the marriage certificate will be rejected. Similarly, even if she fills as a female, the gender will not match with the ID card because the gender field is written as transgender and still the marriage certificate will be rejected. Those who believe that this law will make same-sex marriage possible, let them know how the marriage certificate will be filled.

Source: Eunuch – Wikipedia